Politicians

Ex BBNaija housemate, Ifu Ennada has jumped on social media to react to the arrest of Hushpupppi. The reality star recently hailed the Dubai police for effecting the arrest of the socialite. According to her, every day for the thief and one day for the owner and she hopes corrupt ...

Popular singer, Burna Boy has come out to say that it is the job of the government to make lives better for the common man, not him. The musician revealed this during an exchange on social media. According to him, even if he does the best he can to help ...

Popular comedian, AY Makun has come out to say that the deadly coronavirus might just have a good impact on the Nigerian System of government. The Nollywood star revealed that the government might be forced to provide good health system in the country now that they cannot go abroad to ...

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has come out to say that the trial of former Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita has shown that President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to fighting against corruption without bias. BMO Chairman, Mr. Niyi Akinsiju, revealed this in a recent statement in ...

Popular producer, Don Jazzy has blasted the Nigerian government. The music guru revealed that the country is currently facing the consequence of failing to build standard hospitals when they had the chance. According to him, their failure has been further exposed with their inability to travel at this time since ...

Stakeholders from the Civil Society organizations have said the corruption in our electoral system is because of the desperation of Nigerian politicians. They believe the presence of military personnel in elections is an aberration to democracy. The group which met under the auspices Focus Group Discussion (FGD), disclosed that the ...

There is a master plan by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to destabilize Governor Seyi Makinde’s government in Oyo State, according to the Special Adviser on Strategy and Political Matters, Babatunde Oduyoye. Oduyoye has said APC in Oyo has made up its mind to put Gov Seyi’s government in crisis ...

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has come out to talk about the simplest way for an Igbo man to become the president of Nigeria. According to him, Igbo politicians must be ready to play their politics well and become more patriotic in the country. He said that ...

Ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar is disappointed at the House of Representatives’ rejection of the 6-year single term proposal for president and governors in the country. In a recent statement issued in Abuja by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, Abubakar said he is not happy with the way our lawmakers turned ...

Civil rights organization, Anti-Corruption Crusade Network has urged the National Assembly and anti-graft agencies to come up with laws that would make it impossible for politicians to finance their campaigns with public funds. The Executive Director of ACCN, Pwanabeshi Alson revealed this in a recent interview with The PUNCH. According ...

Nollywood actress, Uche Jombo has reacted to the Federal High Court in Lagos’s verdict sentencing former Abia state governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, to 12 years imprisonment for N7.6 billion fraud which he allegedly carried out when he was governor of Abia state from 1999 to 2007. As some Nigerians hailed ...

Female politicians want the establishment of a unique political party for Nigerian women who are interested in politics. According to them, this move will boost their participation in governance and their representation in politics. They believe this kind of political party would be a good platform for women to contest ...

Ex Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav has said several politicians in Nigeria do not believe in God. This was revealed in a statement he personally signed and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Makurdi on Tuesday. According to him, these leaders do not ...

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has come out to say that political parties used fake news to delegitimize Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during Kogi governorship election. Ms Idayat Hassan, Director CDD, revealed this in the group’s preliminary statement on the conduct of Saturday’s Kogi governorship election. Idayat ...

The gubernatorial and senatorial elections in Kogi state has proved once again that corruption has eaten deep into our political system. Some of our politicians went as far as bribing INEC officials to manipulate the results of the election in their favor. Today, a collation officer of the Independent National ...

>The Police Command has warned Bayelsa politicians and their supporters to respect the peace accord signed by participants in the election. According to the Police, nothing less than 31,000 policemen have been deployed for the election in the state. As they assured the people of their security during the polls, ...

Popular election monitoring group, The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has said violence is being planned ahead of the upcoming governorship election in Kogi State. The group revealed this in a recent statement. According to them, politicians are working towards disrupting the November 16 election. CDD added that it ...

Georgina Onouha has reacted to Naira Marley’s arrest, saying EFCC should detain corrupt politicians in the Nigeria as well. On Instagram she shared that she hates Internet fraud because of the bad name it has given Nigerians but Naira Marley is still innocent until proven otherwise. Her words, “I don’t ...

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde has come out to say that her recent tweet that saw her complain about the terrible state of the economy is not because she has dropped the habit of “receiving money from politicians.” Yesterday, Omotola took to Instagram to blast President Buhari and Vice President ...

Wizkid has shared his take as regards the postponement of Nigeria’s general elections which was meant to start on Saturday with the Presidential and National Assembly polls. In several messages, posted on his social media, an obviously pissed Wiz aimed lots of digs at Nigeria’s two main political parties – ...